Ashton upon Mersey (ward)

Ashton upon Mersey is an electoral ward of Trafford covering the northern part of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale, Greater Manchester, including Ashton Village.

The ward was created in 2004 from parts of the former Mersey St. Mary's and St. Martin's wards.

Its electoral history since 2004 is as follows:

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	1,642	52.9	+1.5
	Labour	Benjamin Hartley	1,079	34.8	+1.0
	Green	Caroline Robertson-Brown	231	7.4	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Marritt	151	4.9	1.1
Majority			563	18.1	+0.7
Turnout			3,103	42.9	-30.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whetton*	2,759	51.4	+0.9
	Labour	Ben Hartley	1,815	33.8	+4.4
	Green	Caroline Robertson-Brown	478	8.9	-5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Marritt	320	6.0	+0.4
Majority			944	17.4	-3.7
Turnout			5,372	73.1	+26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb*	1,505	50.5	+0.4
	Labour	Luckson Francis-Augustine	877	29.4	-6.2
	Green	Nick Robertson-Brown	431	14.5	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Marritt	167	5.6	-0.2
Majority			628	21.1	+6.6
Turnout			2980	41.7	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	1,396	50.1	-0.4
	Labour	Michael Wilton	992	35.6	+1.4
	Green	Joseph Westbrook	235	8.4	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Marritt	161	5.8	-2.7
Majority			404	14.5	-1.8
Turnout			2,784	39.0	-7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whetton*	1,715	50.5	+6.0
	Labour	Michael Wilton	1,162	34.2	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Marritt	288	8.5	-12.7
	Green	Joseph Westbrook	229	6.7	+2.4
Majority			553	16.3	+1.8
Turnout			3,394	46.3	-25.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb*	2,325	44.5	-15.6
	Labour	Michael Wilton	1,568	30.0	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Corbett	1,107	21.2	+7.9
	Green	Sara Ahsan	224	4.3	-4.0
Majority			757	14.5	-27.4
Turnout			5224	71.5	+31.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	1,762	60.1	+4.8
	Labour	Michael Wilton	535	18.3	-2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Corbett	389	13.3	+0.7
	Green	Marian Sudbury	244	8.3	-2.6
Majority			1,227	41.9	+7.8
Turnout			2,930	40.4	-1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whetton*	1,646	55.3	-3.1
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	631	21.2	-4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Duncan Irving	376	12.6	+12.6
	Green	Marian Sudbury	342	10.9	-4.8
Majority			1,015	34.1	+1.6
Turnout			2,977	42.1	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb*	1,645	58.4	+3.3
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	728	25.9	-4.0
	Green	Daniel Leach	442	15.7	+9.3
Majority			917	32.5	+14.0
Turnout			2,815	39.4	-10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2004 (after boundary changes)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	1,817	19.9
	Conservative	Michael Whetton	1,680	18.4
	Conservative	John Lamb*	1,534	16.8
	Labour	Simon Beaumont*	969	10.6
	Labour	Joyce Eaton	968	10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Corbett	798	8.7
	Labour	Tahira Rasul	798	8.7
	Green	Michael Addelman	585	6.4
Turnout			9,149	49.9

External links

• Trafford Council